Stephen Malkmus Quotes

I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' and I had hits albums by Elton John and The Cars.

My high-techness is pretty low-tech. I'm not wildly computer savvy. I'm a record person.

I grew up in an age where I loved going and buying a physical record. Things that were digital and all that stuff, it wasn't around. So I loved going and buying an album and looking through the inserts and reading stuff and seeing pictures.

I'm an old person because I still buy DVDs. I have every one of my albums and 45s - I even have a couple of 33s and I do have a turntable. But I must admit, I don't listen to vinyl today. But I listen to all types of music.

I have to go back to vinyl every once in awhile, even if my kids don't want to hear it. I'm much more likely to be listening to Wilco or the Avett Brothers.

I keep on calling them records because they will always be records to me.

No one's playing records anymore, so find your favorite and frame it, then get rid of the rest - try selling or donating them.

The first bit of vinyl I bought was Michael Jackson's 'Bad.'

But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers.

My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James Taylor, Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles - I grew up with this music, and I was aware of how special this music was to a lot of people.

I have a bunch of albums I would love to get re-released.

I'm not embarrassed by any of my music. I'll even own up to the old Backstreet Boys albums.

My father gave me one of those small, box-sized travel players when I was a kid and just a handful of records that he had. 'Zeppelin IV' was one. 'The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl,' which is just about the worst record ever - you can't hear anything, just screaming in the background. I think there was maybe, like, an Animals record.

Every single record I have is a fossil.

The first sign of real obsession with music was with an old wind-up gramophone that mum had thrown out into the garage. My parents gave me three old 45s - two Supremes records and one Tom Jones record - and I used to come home from school literally every day, go out to the garage, wind this thing up, and play them.

For me, '52nd Street' is quintessential Billy Joel. I bought that record as a kid and listened to it so much.

I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.

The first record I bought may have been Del Shannon's 'Runaway.'

I'm surprised how many people are into vinyl.

I love the sound of vinyl best. My sweetheart and I love to put on a vinyl record, it feels and sounds so much better.

I had a year-round Christmas tree with nothing but colored vinyl 45s hanging on it, like, old Elvis records and stuff.

I remember the first vinyl I bought: 'Purple Rain,' my favorite Prince album, ever.

I grew up with vinyl records and remember the pleasure and the kind of buzz that I got from buying a beautiful vinyl record with the sleeve and the lyrics - all that kind of tactile experience that you could get from an old vinyl record.

I have a lot of analog. I think a lot of people do. There are a lot of people that are re-discovering it. I still have a lot of my old records from back in the day. It's a joy to play things like Junior Wells' 'Hoodoo Man Blues,' and John Mayall & The Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton. There's a warmth that you can still feel.

I go for a nice walk in my neighborhood and search for vinyl, old jazz, classics. Then I go home and listen to them.